II Kings 5:16
“But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Kings 5:16 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
But he said, As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Aber er sprach: So wahr Jehova lebt, vor dessen Angesicht ich stehe, wenn ich es nehmen werde! Und er drang in ihn, es zu nehmen; aber er weigerte sich.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Mas él dijo: Vive Jehová, delante del cual estoy, que no lo tomaré. E importunándole que tomase, él nunca quiso.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Mas ele disse: Vive o SENHOR, diante do qual estou, que não o tomarei. E insistindo-lhe que tomasse, ele não quis.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Mas Eliseu respondeu: "Como vive Yahweh, diante do qual estou, eu nada receberei". Naamã insistiu com veemência para que Eliseu tomasse o presente, mas ele recusou.
📖 II Kings 5:16 in Context
14Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
15And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
16But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
17And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord.
18In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.
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